Fall 2026 Second Half - Classes begin
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, October 19, 2026.
Civil Engineering Seminar - Distinguished Prof. Sharon Walker, "Fate and Transport: Lessons from Particles, People, and Institutions"
For two decades my research has asked a deceptively simple question: when bacteria and engineered nanoparticles move through natural and engineered water systems, what determines whether they travel, attach, or are removed — and what does that mean for water quality, public health, treatment design, and food safety? In this lecture I will trace what that work has taught me about the behavior of problematic particles in complex systems, then put the same question to the systems we build for ourselves: what makes a research career take hold, and what allows an institution to carry people further in their careers. Drawing on years as a research-active faculty member and as an engineering dean, I will offer a candid account of what I have learned about higher education's present strain and its possible futures.
Box lunch dinner following the seminar at 6pm - 7pm.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, October 19, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit www.civil.utah.edu.
MS Thesis Defense - Noah Carroll
Mechanical Engineering
A Master of Science Thesis Defense:
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFINITE-FEED INSTRUMENTED WEDGE TEST FOR MODE I FRACTURE TESTING OF ADHESIVELY BONDED COMPOSITES
By: Noah Orin Carroll
Oct. 21, 2026
Time:12 pm
Location: MEK 3350
Committee Members:
Dr. Michael Czabaj
Dr. Nelson Vieira de Carvalho
Dr. Dan Adams
Project Summary:
Adhesive bonding is a promising alternative to mechanical fastening for joining composite aerospace structures. Nevertheless, primary bonded joints are still certified with redundant fasteners because conventional nondestructive inspection cannot verify bond strength. Emerging nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods could eliminate this requirement, but validating them requires fracture data from representative bondlines over representative lengths. Such validation data typically consists of fracture toughness measurements, beginning with mode I, which generally yields the lowest toughness among the three fracture modes. However, obtaining mode I toughness data over…
Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 12:00 AM – 1:00 AM.
Grad Seminar: Prof. Shekhar Bhansali
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor Shekhar Bhansali, Fellow of AAAS, AIMBE, ECS, IEEE, ISEES, NAI, and IOP, Former Division Director at NSF, Distinguished Professor and Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Topic: "Sensing, Additive Manufacturing, and AI: Toward Point-of-Care Healthcare from Wound Care to Regeneration".
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM.
Fall 2026 Second Half - Last day to add, drop (delete), elect CR/NC, or audit classes
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 23, 2026.
Fall 2026 Second Half - Last day to wait list
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 23, 2026.
Fall 2026 Full Term - Last day to withdraw from classes
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 30, 2026.
BME Faculty Meeting
Biomedical Engineering
Campus Locations: Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building - James LeVoy (SMBB). Contact Name: Taylor Wilkes. Contact Email: taylor.wilkes@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, October 30, 2026, 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM.
Spring 2027 - Registration dates begin
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, November 5, 2026.
Biomedical Engineering Seminar - Dr. Bumsoo Han
Biomedical Engineering
Event Categories: Seminars. Campus Locations: Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building - James LeVoy (SMBB). Contact Name: Taylor Wilkes. Contact Email: taylor.wilkes@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 11:50 AM – 12:50 PM.
Fall 2026 Second Half - Last day to withdraw from classes
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 13, 2026.
Biomedical Engineering Seminar - Dr. Robin Shaw
Biomedical Engineering
BIOENGINEERING ELEVATED TALK, CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, "Protein Trafficking and its Therapeutic Opportunities"
Dr. Robin Shaw, Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI); University of Utah
In person in SMBB 2650!
Protein trafficking is a fundamental determinant of cardiomyocyte architecture, signaling, and stress adaptation, and its disruption contributes directly to heart failure and arrhythmia. This presentation will describe the discovery of cardiac bridging integrator 1 (cBIN1) and the internally translated connexin 43 isoform GJA1-20k, two cardiac proteins that organize distinct but complementary trafficking pathways. cBIN1 sculpts membrane microdomains that coordinate calcium-handling and receptor signaling machinery, whereas GJA1-20k directs microtubule-dependent delivery of connexin 43 and promotes protective mitochondrial remodeling during cellular stress. Loss or…
Event Categories: Seminars. Campus Locations: Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building - James LeVoy (SMBB). Contact Name: Taylor Wilkes. Contact Email: taylor.wilkes@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 11:50 AM – 12:50 PM.
For more info visit cvrti.utah.edu.
Grad Seminar: Durga Misra
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor Durga Misra, Fellow of IEEE and ECS, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Topic: TBD.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 3:05 PM – 3:55 PM.
Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Committee Meeting
For Dept. Chairs Only.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
BME Faculty Meeting
Biomedical Engineering
Campus Locations: Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building - James LeVoy (SMBB). Contact Name: Taylor Wilkes. Contact Email: taylor.wilkes@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM.
Holiday: Thanksgiving Break
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, November 26, 2026 – Friday, November 27, 2026.
Spring 2027 - Open enrollment
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, November 30, 2026.
Grad Seminar: JP Park
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor JP Park, Semiconductor Lead and Professor, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Nevada-Reno
Topic: TBD.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 3:15 PM – 3:55 PM.
Fall 2026 Full Term - Last day to reverse CR/NC option
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, December 4, 2026.
Fall 2026 Second Half - Last day to reverse CR/NC option
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, December 4, 2026.
Biomedical Engineering Seminar - Dr. Eun Jung Lee
Biomedical Engineering
Event Categories: Seminars. Campus Locations: Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building - James LeVoy (SMBB). Contact Name: Taylor Wilkes. Contact Email: taylor.wilkes@utah.edu. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, December 4, 2026, 11:50 AM – 12:50 PM.
Fall 2026 Full Term - Classes end
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, December 10, 2026.
Fall 2026 Second Half - Classes end
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Thursday, December 10, 2026.
Fall 2026 Full Term - Reading day
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, December 11, 2026.
Fall 2026 Full Term - Final exam period
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, December 14, 2026 – Friday, December 18, 2026.
For more info visit registrar.utah.edu.
Fall 2026 Second Half - Second-half grades due
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Tuesday, December 15, 2026.
For more info visit registrar.utah.edu.
Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Committee Meeting
For Dept. Chairs Only.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, December 18, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Holiday Recess (Dec 19 - Jan 10)
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Saturday, December 19, 2026 – Sunday, January 10, 2027.
Fall 2026 Full Term - Semester-length grades due
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, December 23, 2026.
For more info visit registrar.utah.edu.
Holiday: Christmas Day
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, December 25, 2026.
Spring 2027 - House Bill 60 registration
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Tuesday, January 5, 2027.
Spring 2027 First Half Classes - Classes begin
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, January 11, 2027.
Spring 2027 Term Length - Classes begin
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Monday, January 11, 2027.
Spring 2027 First Half Classes - Last day to add, drop, audit
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, January 15, 2027.
Spring 2027 First Half Classes - Last day to wait list
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, January 15, 2027.
Spring 2027 Term Length - Last day to add without a permission code
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, January 15, 2027.
Spring 2027 Term Length - Last day to wait list
Academic Deadlines
Event Categories: Academic & Holiday. Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, January 15, 2027.
Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Committee Meeting
For Dept. Chairs Only.
Campus Locations: Warnock Engineering Building - John and Marva (WEB). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, January 15, 2027, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.